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Yasmin Qureshi
Labour MP for Bolton South East

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Yasmin Qureshi voted on key issues:

    • Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
    • Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
    • Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
    • Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
    • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Health, Education, Work and Pensions, Transport, Home Department

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Respiratory Diseases, Palestinians: International Assistance, Sure Start: Bolton, Disability Living Allowance, Young Offenders

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    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Disability Living Allowance (1 May 2012)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he plans to make of the effects of reform of disability living allowance on the health and social care system.”

    Sittings of the House (1 May): Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill [Lords] (30 Apr 2012)

    “The Minister talks about the economic benefits, but an important issue many of us have discussed is the effect on small shopkeepers, who are saying that they will be virtually destroyed for those eight Sundays when the hours are extended for larger stores. Have the Government and the Minister thought properly about their concerns?”

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    Numerology

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    • Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 48 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
    • Has voted in 61.37% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
    • People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
    • This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 46 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Barrister in receipt of payments as follows for work done before the 2010 General Election:
    Payment of £5,700 from McKenna & Co, Solicitors. Address: 182A Heaton Moor Road, Stockport SK4 4DU. Hours: 8 days. (Registered 30 August 2011)
    7 May 2010, £372 from Lawrence Lupin Solicitors, Dexion House, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 0EF (Registered 11 January 2012)
    13 May 2010, £336 from Binas Solicitors, 765 Stockport Road, Manchester, M19 3DL (Registered 11 January 2012)
    24 May 2010, £235 from CPS Oldham, Sunlight House, Quay Street, Manchester (Registered 11 January 2012)
    24 May 2010, £357.20 from Jackson and Canter Solicitors, 88 Church Street, Liverpool, L1 3HD (Registered 11 January 2012)
    26 May 2010, £500 from Blavo and Co Solicitors Limited, 19 John Street, London (Registered 11 January 2012)
    28 May 2010, £920 from Irwin Mitchell LLP: Birmingham, Imperial House, 31 Temple Street, Birmingham, B2 5DB (Registered 11 January 2012)
    8 June 2010, £100 from Malcolm McGuiness Solicitors, 19b The Downs, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2QD (Registered 11 January 2012)
    10 June 2010, £230 from CPS Hyde, Sunlight House, Quay Street, Manchester (Registered 11 January 2012)
    22 June 2010, £269.56 from Kenneth M Barrow and Co Solicitors, 15/16 Adelaide Row, Seaham, Co Durham, SR7 7EF (Registered 11 January 2012)
    6 July 2010, £91.64 from Mohammed and Co Solicitors, 42 St Johns Place, Stoneygate, Preston, PR1 3XX (Registered 11 January 2012)
    7 July 2010, £230 from Middleweeks Solicitors, 1st Floor, 18-20 Derby Street, Manchester, M8 8RY (Registered 11 January 2012)
    9 July 2010, £60.49 from Mary Monson Solicitors, 87 Chorley Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 4AA (Registered 11 January 2012)
    25 August 2010, £219.07 from Tuckers Solicitors, 63-65 Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3HZ (Registered 11 January 2012)
    9 September 2010, £1,175 from Stokoe Partnership, 40 City Road East, Manchester, M15 4QF (Registered 11 January 2012)
    17 September 2010, £117.50 from John Black Solicitors, 64 Cross Street, Sale, Manchester, M33 7AN (Registered 11 January 2012)
    17 September 2010, £172.50 from John Black Solicitors, 64 Cross Street, Sale, Manchester, M33 7AN (Registered 11 January 2012)
    13 December 2010, £701.27 from Stokoe Partnership, 40 City Road East, Manchester, M15 4QF (Registered 11 January 2012)
    14 March 2011, £165.58 from Howard Bernstein Solicitors, Howard Chambers, 6 Howard Street, Glossop SK13 7DD (Registered 11 January 2012)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor: Unitas Communications Ltd
    Address of donor: 23 Austin Friars, London EC2N 2QP
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,000
    Destination of visit: Spain
    Date of visit: 13-16 October 2011
    Purpose of visit: to attend conference organized for Muslim academics and thinkers from Europe USA to discuss challenges facing Muslims in west.
    (Registered 9 January 2012)
    Name of donor:  Majlis As Shura - Shura Council of Kingdom Saudi Arabia
    Address of donor: c/o Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 30 Charles St, London W1J 5DZ
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,025
    Destination of visit: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Date of visit: 4-8 December 2011
    Purpose of visit: All Party Parliamentary Group visit to Riyadh at the invitation of the Shura Council to meet with Members of the Shura Council, Government Ministers and various human rights groups to further understanding of the Kingdom and its latest developments as well as to strengthen political ties with the country.
    (Registered 9 January 2012)

    Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register

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